Purple Sea

1h 7m
Documentary
6.3

Made from images filmed by the Syrian artist Amel Alzakout after the boat on which she was fleeing Syria sank off the coast of Lesbos, Purple Sea reports on the moment in which the co-director and the other passengers are floating in the sea in their lifejackets, waiting to be rescued. Her voice-over accompanies this extremely poignant experience.

Cast

Amel Alzakout
Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Amel Alzakout
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Khaled Abdulwahed
Director, Writer
Philip Scheffner
Editor
Matthias Behrens
Color Grading
Alex Gerbaulet
Producer
Ines Meier
Producer
Simon Bastian
Sound Designer

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